Description

EYE

TM1574 HOXNE ROAD 585-1/5/99 (North side (off)) 15/06/51 Barn approx.100 metres north-west of Abbey Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: HOXNE ROAD Abbey Farmhouse. Remains of chapel to north-west)

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Barn. Formerly ecclesiastical building of unknown function associated with Priory of St Peter (dissolved 1537). c1500, used as house from mid C16 and barn from C18. Damaged by fire c1920. Red brick and re-used ashlar, pantiled roof. 2 storeys. 5-window range. West face with English bond brickwork. Blocked doorway right of centre with chamfered jambs and a 4-centred head. Four 2-light chamfered brick windows to ground floor, evenly spaced, and one later square-headed opening left of centre. 4 single-light chamfered brick lancets to first floor and one 2-light window as before. Gabled roof. East flank of early C18 brick laid in English bond. 4 ground-floor and 3 first-floor openings. Remains of one first-floor arched window. North gable with re-used ashlar. South gable formerly with one 2-light stone window to each floor, removed late C20. Upper window jambs remain. INTERIOR: re-roofed 1920s. Evidence of upper hall to south end. Scheduled Ancient Monument, county number 199. (Pevsner N & Radcliffe E: Buildings of England: Suffolk, 2nd Edition: Harmondsworth: 1974-: 208; Paine C: The History of Eye: Diss: 1993-: 13-14).



Listing NGR: TM1525374062

Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)